Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have been writing a lot lately about the massive improvements in times being run by pacers around Australia in recent months, and yesterday at Globe Derby we saw yet another in the shape of Mikis Beauty, a winner of just 2 races from 39 starts in New Zealand before coming over the ditch to […]
Personally Archie I find it a bit rich that poor old gaita can’t cop a fresh start in SA. She’s assaulted only a few who others would like to smack, injected the ones who weren’t performing to her liking and god knows what else, but Gaita’s a good old fashioned little Aussie battler who deserves […]
Gaita Pullicino (right) with husband and ‘trainer’ Frank In a letter we published by Ted From Tooleybuc (the letter was real, as is our usual practice only the name was changed) about Gaita Pullicino’s drive at Globe Derby on Sunday, Ted made certain statements that are not quite accurate. Ted said that: Its interesting that […]
Hello Peter Profit Regarding your story on Auntie Gaita pulling off a plunge on Sunday Night at Globe Derby. A Lesson From Auntie Gaita About How to Pull Off a Plunge Everyone was in on it. Facebook followers around the nation were applauding Gaita Pullicino’s win, including incredibly Melanie Kittel, the trainer of two of […]
South Australian harness racing trainer Lane Johnson’s property was the target of a fire-bombing attack last night that the family believes was deliberate and perpetrated by someone or ones connected to the harness racing industry. Petrol bombs were launched at the Johnson’s property in the attack, with Johnson’s partner Pay Hayter posting on social media […]
Calculating Dancer had only been back in the Pullicino stable for a few weeks, after spending the last two years up in Newcastle under the care of the Bourkes. Gaita drove it as dead as Elvis first-up last week from the extreme outside draw, and when it started to steam home in the straight drove […]
‘Devastating life events’ led to SA horse trainer Ryan Balfour to drink and drive and pass out in his car, court told Story by Natalie Vikhrov, Adelaide Advertiser A prominent South Australian horse trainer was suffering “devastating life events” – including the loss of the family racing business – before he drove so drunk he […]
South Australian reinsman ‘Super’ Mario Borg has had a wretched luck in the cart this year, with the horses that he has driven seemingly being checked or galloping or managing to find some other misfortune every time that Super’s gone around. It’s that terrible run of luck that saw him line up behind the mobile […]
Health and safety standards are clearly not of a particularly high standard in South Australia. These images are of the start of race 8 at Clare on Sunday. The woman in the right hand corner with the bloke in shorts has clearly had a few. She takes and sip and then decides to have a […]
The mail is that the clubs that make up the membership of the SA principal harness racing authority (PRA), Harness Racing South Australia Ltd, earlier this month forced the Annual General Meeting of the company to be aborted after refusing to confirm the financial accounts as true and correct. We don’t know what the exact […]
